It has been a demanding time. Today I went downtown for a little bi of relax. Coming back i shot a few frames from the train, digital this time. And then, once home I looked at the sky. And the moon was there.

It’s nice to say that the vernissage of the exhibition “Ambrogio Pozzi, a free artist” which is part of the series of events Filosofarti has been a success. His wife Etta and relatives, friends, personalities of the cultural environment, authorities attended and through their speeches enriched this exhibition, the first one dedicated to Ambrogio Pozzi in his town.

The importance of cultural activities in a difficult time for our society, the involvement of Ambrogio in the first years of the “Fotoclub il Sestante”, his desire as photographer to go beyond the limits usually accepted for the photography, the connection between his professional work which put him in contacts with many worldwide known artists and his photographic passion are all points discussed in the various speeches.

Ma questo è un blog fotografico e allora guardiamo qualche foto!

But this is a photographic blog therefore let’s look at a few pictures!

Ambrogio Pozzi: he was a worldwide known artist because of his activity as designer in the field of ceramic. He had many collaborations with worldwide known companies and his projects are exposed in many important galleries and museums all over the world, like MOMA in New York, the Triennale in Milan and many others like the MIC in Faenza, click the link and visit the photogallery to see a few of his creations.

But not many know his photographic work where his creativity and originality drove his researches with the same enthusiasm he put in his ceramic work. This is the reason for which the photographic group of which I’m a member decided to dedicate him an exhibition with a selection of his work.

Being involved in the preparation of this exhibition has been for me a very interesting and stimulating experience under many point of view. And if this took away the time I usually dedicate to this blog I can only beg your pardon.

I’m working on my mountain pictures, my slow photography. Scanning and post producing my negs. Usually I only make small adjustments. In the case of these pictures I tried to add an almost seppia tone to give an idea of “out of time”, old times. As it was the life in the mountains. But a pure B&W is also attractive as a photographer. I’m hesitant. And you, what do you think?

A couple of words about my workflow: after development I begin with a low resolution scan of all the negatives which allows me a first evaluation and selection of the shots. In this case I also make a quick postproduction working on lights, contrast and maybe a slight crop.Dodge and burn we said once! What I was used to do many years ago in the darkroom. Just to have an idea how the finished photo could look like. It’s only at this stage that I decide which shot does really deserve time and dedication for an high quality scan and post production to arrive at the final print, which maybe cab be small in the size but not in the quality, details included. Of course within the limitation of my ability!

Potete cliccare sulle foto per una visione migliore e come sempre i vostri commenti, critiche e suggerimenti saranno benvenuti. You can click on the photo for a better view and as always your comments, critics and suggestions are welcome.

The photos are actually in the development phase, this time due to the many tasks in my agenda I decided for a laboratory both for development and a low res scan, which is necessary for a preliminary selection. So we need to wait a little bit…

Yes, this year the blog starts slowly. But, specially if you follow this blog since a short time you can read a few old post which maybe you didn’t read when posted. Vision and experiment aboutportrait here. Are you interested in poetry? Than you can click here, words or images, it’s poetry here. If you are curious about my inspirations and my attempt about the art world than trythese pages.